नेम धर्म आचार तप ग्यान जग्य जप दान।
भेषज पुनि कोटिन्ह नहिं रोग जाहिं हरिजान॥Nem dharm āchār tap gyān jagya jap dān.
Bheṣhaj puni koṭinha nahiṇ rog jāhiṁ Hari-jān.- Ramcharitmanas, Uttarkand, Doha 121 (kha)
Maya (the illusory material energy that keeps the soul bound to the material world) sickness will not go away no matter how much of yam (self-restraint), niyam (observances), asan (postures), or how much of this yog sadhana (spiritual practice of yoga), or nām (chanting the Divine Name), dharm (righteous conduct), achar (proper conduct), tap (austerity), puja (worship), etc., one does. How will the mayic (related to the material energy) disease that we are all afflicted with go away? How can we get beyond this maya?
राम कृपाँ नासहिं सब रोगा। जौं एहि भाँति बनै संजोगा॥
सदगुर बैद बचन बिस्वासा। संजम यह न बिषय कै आसा॥Rām kṛipā nāsahiṁ sab rogā, jauṁ ehi bhāṃti banai saṁjogā.
Sadgur baid bachan bisvāsā, saṁjam yah na biṣhay kai āsā.- Ramcharitmanas - Uttarkand: chaupai 3, doha 121
“Without the grace of the Supreme Almighty Lord, it is impossible for one to get beyond the material afflictions, māyic diseases and sicknesses.”
We’ll all be kāmī (full of desires), krodhī (angry), lobhī (greedy), and mohī (deluded by attachment). We’ll all be attached. Ignorance will dwell within us, and ignorantly we’ll be attached to the world, to maya. Whether we know of it or not, whether we realize it or not, whether we accept it or not, we’ll all be attached without doubt. And because of this moh (delusion and attachment), because of being ignorantly attached to the body and everything related to this body, we are bound to get angry when our desires don’t get satisfied. And we are bound to get greedy when our desires do get satisfied, because attachment gives birth to desire, and desire gives birth to anger or greed. There will be hatred, jealousy, competition. All the sicknesses will afflict us. Thus, without the grace of God, it is impossible.
“Okay, let’s sit and wait for the grace of God.”
No, this is not what grace means. What does it say here?
राम कृपाँ नासहिं सब रोगा। जौं एहि भाँति बनै संजोगा॥
Rām kṛipā nāsahiṁ sab rogā, jauṁ ehi bhāṃti banai saṁjogā.
By chance, if such a coincidence happens, what coincidence?
सदगुर बैद बचन बिस्वासा।
Sadgur baid bachan bisvāsā.
We have faith in the words of wisdom that flow out of the lotus mouth of a genuine Saint. That means faith in the Saint, accepting the Saint. By chance, if we can have our minds positively drawn toward a Saint, our hearts and minds surrendered to the Saint, and the words of wisdom that flow out of the mouth of the Saint are taken as golden words.
No more corrections, no more ifs and buts.
सदगुर बैद बचन बिस्वासा। संजम यह न बिषय कै आसा॥
Sadguru baid bachan bisvāsā, saṁjam yah na biṣhay kai āsā.
And no desire in the heart for any material achievements, any selfish materialistic wants. Now, free of all materialistic desires, only one desire for the love and devotion of God.
Then we can be completely free from all the afflictions of maya, all the diseases of maya, and attain our ultimate aim of bliss, God-realization. This is what the Scriptures say
